Today in New Mexico History

Historical Events

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1680-08-10 - In New Mexico, Popé leads rebellion of Pueblo Indians against Spaniads1848-02-02 - Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo ends Mexican War; US acquires Texas California, New Mexico & Arizona for $15 million1848-05-30 - Mexico ratifies treaty giving US; New Mexico, California & parts of Nevada, Utah, Arizona & Colorado in return for $15 million1848-08-22 - The United States annexes New Mexico1850-09-09 - Territories of New Mexico & Utah created1853-06-24 - Gadsden Purchase 29,670-square-mile (76,800 square km) from Mexico (now southern Arizona and New Mexico) for $10 million signed by President Franklin Pierce14th US President Franklin Pierce1861-07-27 - Confederate troops occupy Fort Fillmore, New Mexico1867-03-02 - US Congress abolishes peonage in New Mexico1868-06-01 - Treaty of Bosque Redondo is signed allowing the Navajos to return to their lands in Arizona and New Mexico.1878-02-18 - John Tunstall is murdered by outlaw Jessie Evans, sparking the Lincoln County War in Lincoln County, New Mexico.1879-07-19 -Doc Holliday kills for the first time after a man shoots up his New Mexico saloon.1881-04-18 -Billy the Kid escapes from the Lincoln County jail in Mesilla, New Mexico.1884-12-01 - American Old West: Near Frisco, New Mexico, deputy sheriff Elfego Baca holds off a gang of 80 Texan cowboys who want to kill him for arresting Charles McCarthy.1893-03-10 - New Mexico State University cancels its 1st graduation ceremony; its only graduand Sam Steele was robbed & killed the night beforeFrontier Outlaw Billy the Kid1912-01-06 - New Mexico becomes 47th state1913-09-22 - Coal mine explosion kills 263 at Dawson New Mexico1918-05-20 - 1st electrically propelled warship (New Mexico)1923-02-08 - Coal mine explosion at Dawson, New Mexico kills 1201945-07-16 - 1st test detonation of an atomic bomb, Trinity Site, Alamogordo, New Mexico as part of the US Manhatten Project1946-05-22 - First US rocket (WAC Corporal) to reach edge of space fired from White Sands Missile Range New Mexico1947-07-08 - Reports are broadcast that a UFO has crashed landed in Roswell, New Mexico.1949-02-24 - V-2/WAC-Corporal 1st rocket to 5x speed of sound at White Sands Missile Range in New Mexico,1951-02-01 - -50°F (-46°C), Gavilan, New Mexico (state record)1951-11-01 - First atomic explosion witnessed by troops, New Mexico1955-05-18 - 28.7 cm rain falls at Lake Maloya New Mexico (state record)1958-05-16 - Eli Beeding experiences 83 g deceleration on a rocket sled, New Mexico1961-12-10 - US performs nuclear test at Carlsbad New Mexico (underground)1991-10-05 - Fresno State ties NCAA record with 49 points in a quarter, as they route New Mexico 94-171994-06-25 - 105°F (40.5°C) at Albuquerque New Mexico1994-06-26 - 107°F (41.6°C) at Albuquerque, New Mexico1994-06-27 - 118°F (47.8°C) at Lakewood New Mexico[dup]1994-06-27 - 118°F (47.8°C) at Lakewood New Mexico (state record)

Famous Deaths

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1847-01-14 - Gov Bent, 5 others in US occupation, killed by revolt in New Mexico1951-03-26 - James F. Hinkle, American politician, sixth Governor of New Mexico (d. 1864)1958-02-22 - Michael Todd, film magnate, killed in an New Mexico air crash2009-08-07 - Louis E. Saavedra, American Mayor of Albuquerque, New Mexico (b. 1933)